The line about the active signer stayed on the page.
No one touched it.
Even Zunoder gave it half a breath before he spent it.
"An active signer can clarify the reset record."
Omina kept her eyes on the drawer.
"An active signer can reopen the same authority."
That put the risk into the room before Zunoder could treat the signer like a witness waiting politely outside.
Ty looked at Kieran's record. The old name waited inside the archive with blood on its hands and no simple confession to offer.
The first answer came through without a voice.
Do not call me innocent to save time.
JJ's pencil stopped.
Kieran refused clean innocence before anyone could hand it to her.
Ty understood the line too quickly. Clean innocence gave everyone somewhere to put relief. Allies could relax. Enemies could sneer. The record could pretend the only choices were stain or shine.
Kieran refused shine first, which made the stain harder to lie about.
Zunoder stepped in.
